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I wrote a poem about a wee boy's first airship flight earlier this year. The wee boy, Tommy, was so excited that, despite the trials and tribulations of the maiden voyage, he fell asleep with the nervous tension and slept through the whole affair. Anyhoo, out of that came this wee tune also.
Wee Tommy's Adventure, by Andi MacInnes
On the 13th of Septober, around half past morning light
The airship Confusion took off on its maiden flight.
Wee Tommy had been the first to board, the excitement he could not contain,
He'd saved up for ages to go on this marvellously engineered machine.
The Captain hailed the construction as the most advanced in modern creation
Before hitting the FORWARD button and praying to the gods of aviation.
A fantastic feat, it could not be denied,
The scientists, engineers and other interested parties all cried.
The guy ropes were unhooked; the motors did strain;
The spectators all gasped in amazement.
As the airship shot off like a burst water main
Through the thick morning air of excitement.
Off it went, hissing and spluttering,
Out of earth's gaze in a moment.
Then silence did fall; the mob started muttering,
As they gazed skywards, speculating the predicament.
Then, a loud bang and a pop was heard from on high
before, on course for the ground,
The airship Confusion emerged from the clouds, all awry
hurtling in at the speed of sound.
The pilot, bemused, fought with the controls.
The onlookers by now had dispersed out of fright.
Afore the ship straightened up by the skin of its nose,
Then shot up the hanger tunnel and out of sight.
With a crash and a thunder and with smoke all arising
The first and last journey of the Confusion ended, not surprising.
Gingerly the observers came out of hiding to check;
What had started so well, was now such a wreck.
There was billowing steam and spillage of oil
Coming from the aftermath of the metallic spoil.
Most of the passengers scrambled out of the destruction,
Shaken, but non the worse from their tribulation.
Amid the wake of the shock and the sense of dismay,
From a small corner of the fuselage a voice did bay.
All assembled listened, each one on full alert,
As wee Tommy rubbed his eyes and enquired, "Are we there yet?"
Wee Tommy's Adventure
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The unemployment rate (red line) fell to its lowest level since January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office.
UPDATED 9:50 a.m. EDT: The nation's unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it has been in almost four years in September, giving President Barack Obama a potential upbeat talking point as the presidential race heads into the final innings.
The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, a decline of 0.3 percentage point and the lowest since January 2009. The government said the economy created 114,000 jobs, about as expected, and generated 86,000 more jobs in July and August than first estimated.
A survey of households from which the jobless rate is derived showed 873,000 job gains last month, the most since June 1983. The drop in unemployment came even as Americans come back into the labor force to resume the hunt for work. The workforce had shrunk in the prior two months. The household survey is volatile, however.
It was the second last report before the November 6 election that pits Obama against Republican Mitt Romney.
Unemployment rate drop could have an impact on the campaign
"It's a little confusing, to be honest with you. The number of jobs created wasn't that high but the unemployment rate came down and the participation rate went up a little bit, so it's confusing. All in all, it doesn't change the trajectory of what the jobs environment has been really for the last year," said Ron Florance, managing director for investment strategy for Wells Fargo Private Bank.
The two numbers – the unemployment rate and the non-farm payrolls number – come from two separate reports done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment report is based on the so-called Household Survey and it measures the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. It is notoriously volatile and economists don't put much stock in it, even though it often becomes the talking point for non-economists, politicians and pundits. It includes the unemployed who are out there actively seeking work and it excludes people who have left the work force and are not applying for jobs.
The non-farm payrolls number comes from the establishment survey and is considered more accurate.
"The rule of thumb when the two surveys tell different stories is to go with what the establishment survey says. However, the household survey provides reasons to be somewhat more optimistic about job opportunities for American workers," said Heidi Shierholz, an economist for the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
'Discouraged' workers face tough road back to employment
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday after Wednesday's first presidential debate showed Romney gained ground and is now viewed positively by 51 percent of voters. Obama's favorability rating remained unchanged at 56 percent.
Economists blame the so-called fiscal cliff for the slowdown in business hiring, which has left millions of Americans working either part-time or unemployed and too discouraged to look for jobs.
The Congressional Budget Office has warned that a failure by Congress to avoid the automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts that will suck about $600 billion out of the economy next year would knock the economy back into recession.
"Businesses are not hiring people, they want to wait and see how the election evolves and how the political landscape shapes up," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California.
"Everyone has kind of battened down the hatches," Sohn said before the release of the report.
Persistently poor labor market conditions led the Federal Reserve in September to announce a plan to buy $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities each month until it sees a sustained turnaround in employment.
The central bank, which also pledged to keep overnight lending rates near zero until at least mid-2015, hopes the purchases drive down long-term borrowing costs and spur the recovery.
The Fed's ultra-easy stance has started to free up credit, giving a lift to consumers, economists said. That, in turn, helped lift retail hiring in September.
Temporary help jobs, which are often seen as a harbinger for permanent hiring, fell 2,000 after being almost flat in August.
Manufacturing payrolls fell for a second straight month.
Construction employment rose 5,000, benefiting from the rise in home construction, as demand for housing rises against the backdrop of record low mortgage rates
Government payrolls rose 10,000 after increasing 45,000 in August. Average hourly earnings rose 7 cents last month, which could support spending.
Reuters contributed to this report.
The Morning Joe panel continues their discussion about the latest jobs report and argue about whether it's accurate. They also consider a tweet from fmr. GE CEO Jack Welch about the jobs numbers. MSNBCs's Joe Scarborough comments saying, "these numbers just don't add up."


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Optic Nerve Vision Loss Reversed with New Stem Cell Treatment
MD Stem Cells helps nearly blind car accident victim regain her sight in Florida and see her mother's face again- other neurologic benefits reported as well.
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)-- Stefany had been in a motor vehicle accident in January 2012 and suffered severe head trauma. To help minimize swelling and damage to her brain, she had been placed in an induced medical coma. Tragically when she finally awoke, the beautifully clear vision she had taken for granted all her life was now nearly gone. The trauma had caused compression on her optic nerves and her world was now dark. She could barely see things a few inches in front of her face.
While she improved a bit over the next few months, her walking and balance were still very bad and her vision was still awful. Everything was terribly blurry and she could not distinguish faces. She and her family began searching for solutions and found MD Stem Cells.
"Stefany's sister Valerie was our major contact,""explained Dr. Levy, President of MD Stem Cells. "We talked about options and the new dual injection technique MD Stem Cells helped develop using Bone Marrow Derived Adult Stem Cells (BMSC) and the possibility of intravitreal stem cells in addition to the injections adjacent to the optic nerves. Stefany's vision was extremely poor and she understood that although other patients with optic nerve damage had improved following treatment, we could not be certain how she might respond. Treatment was provided in Florida in the United States."
"I was feeling a bit nervous before going into the procedure, but the staff did make it easier for me to feel comforted including Dr. Levy, because he explained everything step by step," recalls Stefany. "When I opened my eyes I noticed that I could see my mom's face from afar, before that would not have been possible."
Valerie, who is planning on attending nursing school, reports that even within a week of treatment her sister's vision has improved significantly and she can now count fingers several feet away. She also notes another unexpected improvement- Stefany is now walking without help much of the time and her balance is much improved. Stefany's mother also reports that she is speaking more clearly than before the stem cell procedure.
"We do not have an exact explanation for these reported neurologic improvements following the optic nerve treatment. There have been studies of Bone Marrow Adult Stem Cells, otherwise known as human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), causing recovery of neurologic function in murine models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). It's possible Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), recently identified as responsible for suppressing those unwanted autoimmune responses and accelerating neuron myelin cell repair, may be of value following neurologic trauma," reasoned Dr. Levy.
Stefany is very happy no matter the explanation for her improvements. "I understood it would take four to six months to see major improvements and here I was finally able to see my mom's face more clearly," exclaimed Stefany, "Thanks to this I am one step closer to accomplishing all my life goals and dreams."
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Poker star Jesse Sylvia joined friends and family on Monday night for a hometown celebration at the Ritz Cafe in Oak Bluffs. In late October Mr. Sylvia won second place in the World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $5.29 million.
Biggie Shorty provided the tunes and a crew of two camera men followed Mr. Sylvia around, filming an MTV True Life episode on him as a young millionaire. Earlier, the camera crew had filmed Mr. Sylvia shopping for houses on the Island for his mother Marlene DiStefano.
At 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Marlene DiStefano thought she might have to change her flight home. Her son, Jesse Sylvia, was nine hours into the 2012 World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas, and the competition was still going strong.
"We were like, this is never going to end," said Ms. DiStefano in a phone interview.
Yesterday Vineyarder Jesse Sylvia secured a spot as one of the three finalists in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event and will be contending for the $8.53 million jackpot when play resumes tonight at 9 p.m. He is assured of winning at least $3,799,073.
The world series tournament began in early July, initially narrowing the field of 6,598 players down to nine, with Mr. Sylvia in the lead when the tournament took a two-month hiatus. On Oct. 29 play resumed.
Jesse Sylvia took second place in the 2012 World Series Poker Wednesday morning after a marathon all-night session. The 26-year-old West Tisbury native won $5.29 million in prize money. Throughout the contest Mr. Sylvia stayed within striking distance of the eventual winner and new world champion, Greg Merson.
A large group of friends and fans traveled to Las Vegas to watch the match, including his family. Marlene DiStefano, Mr. Sylvia's mother, lost her voice after the nearly 12-hour event.
Islander Jesse Sylvia has secured a seat at the final table in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, making him one of nine players competing for the $8.5 million jackpot in late October.
His stack holds 14.5 million more chips than his nearest rival.
"Going in, I'm going to be the favorite in the tournament," said Mr. Sylvia. "It puts a little more pressure on me which is scary. But hopefully I'll have that bracelet on my wrist when I come out of there."
Islander Jesse Sylvia has secured his spot at the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. The 26-year-old West Tisbury native, now a professional poker player living in Las Vegas, beat out nearly 7,000 others for one of the seats at the final table in the October competition. He will compete against eight others for the $8.5 million top prize. Seven of the nine finalists are expected to win at least $1 million.
Mr. Sylvia enters the competition as the chip leader, with more than 44 million chips. His next closest competitor has just under 30 million chips.
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Another humorous venture by the creative duo, Violaine Orsoni and Jeremy Schneider, is to attach lush flowery beards onto humans and wild animals. The unexpected combination of a fiercely looking gorilla sporting a Garden of Eden-like facial hair is beyond humorous. The idea seems to resonate with the latest trend of men adorning their beards with colorful blossoming flora.
Each piece of the collection demonstrates incredible attention to detail. Perfect technique of pencil hatching and shading brings Orsoni and Schneider's intricate drawings very close to photorealism. Their studio collaborates on a variety of projects: from visual identity, to album covers, to design of the France's leading innovation magazine, Influencia. (via KoiKoiKoi)


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It was a speech long on rhetoric, with dramatic moments and long dry stretches. Here are ten memorable moments from President Barack Obama's State of the Union address:
1. High drama: The pervasive presence of gun violence victims
President Obama didn't talk for long about gun-related legislation — and he waited until the end of his speech — but the imagery in the House chamber spoke volumes. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, slowly recovering from a gunshot through her head, was there. The parents of Hadiya Pendleton, the Chicago band majorette shot dead on Jan. 29, sat with first lady Michelle Obama. More than 20 families of shooting victims were in the House chamber. Dozens of lawmakers followed Vice President Joe Biden's lead in wearing green ribbons to honor the Newtown school massacre victims.
Near the close of his speech, Obama dramatically pleaded with pro-gun congressional leaders to allow votes on his gun-control proposals.
"In the two months since Newtown, more than a thousand birthdays, graduations and anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun," he said.
"They deserve a vote. They deserve a vote. They deserve a vote. Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora serve a vote. The families of Oak Creek and Tucson and Blacksburg — and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence — they deserve a simple vote."
It was the most emotional moment of the night.
2. The 102-year-old woman who waited to vote.
Desiline Victor of North Miami waited for some six hours to vote because of long lines at her polling place. Tuesday, she was on hand as Obama called for action to fix glaring defects in our electoral process. He announced the creation of a nonpartisan commission "to improve the voting experience in America."
"We can fix this and we will," he said. "The American people demand it and so does our democracy."
3. Rubio's glass of water.
The hype had been, well, hyperbolic, even by Washington standards. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the great young hope of the Republican Party, would wow the nation with a response to Obama's speech that appealed to a new generation of voters. So what was the moment in Rubio's speech that got the most attention? When he clumsily grabbed a bottle of water to quench his very dry mouth after gesturing several times toward his throat. "PARCHO Rubio," tweeted Democratic pollster Margie Omero. But Republican strategist Brian Walsh predicted late Tuesday that Democrats will "pathetically overreach on Rubio water jokes and end up all wet themselves."
4. Ted Nugent's in the House
Last year, rock musician and gun-rights activist Ted Nugent predicted that he would end up "dead or in jail" if Barack Obama won re-election. Tuesday night, he wasn't in either of those places — he was in the gallery of the House of Representatives, watching Obama deliver the State of the Union.
Nugent, a Detroit native who lives near Waco, attended as a guest of Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, a prominent foe of all gun-control proposals. The pro-gun celebrity admitted in an interview that "it feels unnatural" to walk around without a weapon on him.
"I turned in my knife. I feel like a little girl," he told the Houston Chronicle before heading over to the Capitol. "I live on a ranch in Texas and I have certain tools on me everyday, but to respect the laws of Washington, D.C., I've left them out of the jurisdiction."
5. Retro populism
FDR would have been proud. Unlike Franklin Roosevelt, Obama didn't call the rich "malefactors of great wealth." But he did talk about hard-working Americans "whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded."
"Corporate profits have rocketed to all-time highs, but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged," he said.
He called the challenge of helping the middle-class "our unfinished task."
6. A line in the sand on entitlements
Nothing summed up the president's liberal leanings like his talk about entitlements. The president made clear that he is inflexible on cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits. While he says he is "open to additional reforms from both parties," he won't negotiate over existing benefits. "Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep — but we must keep the promises we've already made."
7. Bigger government … no, no.
Obama played defense for approximately 20 seconds. He denied that he wanted bigger government — something Republicans accuse him of, well, about every 20 seconds.
"It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth," he said.
Depending on what happens in the next three years, that could summarize the achievements of Obama's second term. Or it could end up looking like disingenuous posturing.
8. Big ideas.
Obama suggested two big ideas: universal pre-kindergarten education in public schools and a hike in the minimum wage to $9 per hour. House Republicans are likely to veto both ideas. But they are likely to win widespread support at the grassroots level.
9. The non-applause line
One of the most important points Obama made in the speech — that Congress needs to cut out the childish bickering and get out with doing the people's business — got almost no applause. Here's the un-applauded line: "The American people have worked too hard, for too long, rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause another."
10. Aisle Hogs: The Next Generation
The 2012 election decimated the "Aisle Hog" caucus — that group of lawmakers who, year after year, snag an aisle seat so they can get a few moments of face time with the leader of the free world. Of the original "Gang of Six," only Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston and Eliot Engel of New York remain. (Goodbye, Dennis Kucinich, Jean Schmidt, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Dale Kildee.)
But there's no reason to panic. There were plenty of House members ready to fill the void. Freshman Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, said he was "ready all day" to grab a coveted spot. Other aisle-huggers included Rep. Al Green of Houston and Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. We'll have to wait a few years to find out whether these newcomers join Jackson Lee and Engel in the Aisle Hog Hall of Fame.


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When she was young, Michaele Bradford thought that the world of investing was a fun, cheery place – a sort of playground for your piggy bank.
With good reason. Her grandparents bought her a mutual fund while she was still in elementary school. It came through USAA, a big financial services firm, which provided a monthly newsletter specifically for its young customers.
"It had a column called 'Ask Kurt,' where you could ask an investment banker at USAA anything you wanted," she recalls. "I still have the response Kurt sent me when I asked him what companies were in my mutual fund. So they kind of spoiled me."
The 2008-09 market crash and deep recession became a smelling salt to her about investing. Ms. Bradford, now in her late 20s, suffered a severe setback with her finances, as did others of her generation. Not only did her modest portfolio plummet, she also lost her job and had to liquidate two retirement accounts to survive.
"There's a 15 percent tax penalty, but I was unemployed for six months and I needed it," she says. "It was like $1,000." Since then, Bradford, who graduated from college in 2007, has found work as a case manager at a Detroit-area homeless shelter – and, reassuringly for Wall Street, restarted a 401(k).
Millennials represent a key demographic for Wall Street. If the events of the past six years have soured them on stock investing, then they won't provide the growth for the next generation of mutual funds or the cash that will help drive the stock market forward.
For now, Millennials seem more conservative about investing than some generations in the past. Surveys show many young adults are cautious and less trusting in the financial industry than their predecessors – but also more knowledgeable about what to do with their money.
This is perhaps understandable. Unemployment among people ages 18 to 29 was 11.7 percent in March, compared with 7.7 percent for the nation as a whole. Saddled with more than $1 trillion in student debt, this generation is also delaying buying houses and cars in greater numbers than ever before. Many young people have also been influenced by the experience of their parents, which has acted as both a cautionary tale and a goad. Take the Tillmans.
"My parents lost a fair amount in the stock market and it really scared them," says Corrin Tillman, who graduated in 2008 and has a 2-year-old. "We wanted to start early; we're concerned about becoming part of that 'sandwich generation' you're always hearing about, taking care of both our parents and a daughter. Happy to do it, but we want to be prepared from all angles."
She and her husband have retirement savings and a 529 college plan for their daughter. They hope to amass about $100,000 by the time she turns 18. Soliciting the services of a financial planner is not a high priority.
"We're both really comfortable doing Internet research, using things like Money magazine," Ms. Tillman says. "With the amount of info out there, I really don't feel like we need a professional."
The Tillmans mirror the values of their generation. According to a survey of 1,000 "high income, tech savvy" people released by Accenture in February, 43 percent of investors ages 21 to 30 characterized themselves as "conservative," compared with 31 percent of baby boomers. Young investors are also starting their retirement savings as soon as they can, aided in part by automatic 401(k) enrollment by many employers. And they are four times more likely to do their own research before acting on the advice of a financial planner than boomers were.
"They really do have a true 'buy and hold' approach to long-term investing," says Michael Liersch, director of behavioral finance at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in New York.
The Tillmans have opted for a leave-it-alone strategy indicative of a generation that will be in the market for a long time: Their daughter's 529 gets more conservative as she gets closer to college, and they don't reshuffle their holdings regularly. "I used to check [the portfolio] a lot, but it was a little disappointing, and the experts say to set it and forget it," Ms. Tillman says.
Bradford follows a similar approach. "I listen to the banks on this matter when they say, 'Be patient. Don't freak out. That's the nature of the market.' "


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Welcome to the VTVT Group!
Advancements in VLSI processing technology, circuits and systems design, testing, and packaging technologies are constantly pushing the envelope of VLSI chips. It seems that our imagination, not the technology, is the only limit on this envelope. In this sense, we, current and future engineers and scientists in the VLSI area, are fortunate to work on one of the most exciting technical areas of today and to witness marvelous advancements of society through our technical contributions.
The Virginia Tech VLSI for Wireless Communications (VTVT) Group's mission is to develop innovative VLSI designs for industry and academia, while providing a high caliber educational experience for graduate and undergraduate students pursuing careers in VLSI design. Our goal is to become a nationally renowned group in VLSI for wireless communications area in by year 2011 through quality publications and sponsored research. In fact, this goal was set in the year 2001 when the VTVT group was founded, and the VTVT group is striving toward the goal through hard work and dedication. Equally importantly, the VTVT group continues to serve the VLSI community such as through development of tutorials, library cells, and CAD tools.
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was the first mass organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity."[1]
The WCTU was originally organized on December 23, 1873, in Hillsboro, Ohio, and officially declared at a national convention in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874.[2] It operated at an international level and in the context of religion and reform, including missionary work as well as matters of social reform such as suffrage. Two years after its founding, the American WCTU sponsored an international conference at which the International Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed.[1]
The connections and contradictions between the two parts of its purpose—Christianity and Temperance—meant that the women involved confronted ideological, philosophical, political and practical dilemmas in their efforts to improve society around the world. Although some labelled the Union as gender-biased, others disagreed by pointing out the many male supporters behind the scenes.
The purpose of the WCTU was to create a "sober and pure world"[1] by abstinence, purity and evangelical Christianity. Annie Wittenmyer was its first president.[3] Its second president, Frances Willard, a noted feminist, made the greatest leaps for the group. Its members were inspired by the Greek writer Xenophon, who defined temperance as "moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful." In other words, should something be good, it should not be indulged in to excess; should something be bad for you, it should be avoided altogether—thus their attempts to rid their surroundings of what they saw (and still see) as the dangers of alcohol.[4]
The WCTU perceived alcoholism as a cause and consequence of larger social problems rather than as a personal weakness or failing. The WCTU also agitated against tobacco. The United States WCTU formed a "Department for the Overthrow of the Tobacco Habit" as early as 1885 and frequently published anti-tobacco articles in the 1880s. Agitation against tobacco continued through to the 1950s.[4]
Thus, the WCTU was very interested in a number of social reform issues, including labor, radicals, the WCTU offered a more traditionally feminine and appropriate organization for women to join.
Although the WCTU had chapters throughout North America with hundreds of thousands of members, the "Christian" in its title was largely limited to those with an evangelical Protestant conviction and the importance of their role has been noted. The goal of evangelizing the world according to this model meant that very few Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus were attracted to it, "even though the last three had a pronounced cultural and religious preference for abstinence".[1]
The WCTU's work extended across a range of efforts to bring about personal and social moral reform. In the 1880s they worked on creating legislation to protect working girls from the exploitation of men.[5] They also wanted to aid immigrants coming into the United States. They focused on using the legislature to keep Sunday as a Sabbath day and restrict frivolous activities. In 1901 the WCTU said that golf should not be allowed on Sundays.[6]
Between 1900 and 1920, much of their budget was given to their center on Ellis Island, which helped to start the Americanization process. The WCTU felt that immigrants were more prone to alcoholism. The fiction they created greatly centered on Irish and German immigrants' partaking of alcohol and being drunk.
Ned has applied for a job, but he is not chosen. He finds that the potential employer has judged him to be like his Uncle Jack. Jack is a kindly man but he spends his money on drink and cigarettes. Ned has also been seen drinking and smoking. The employer thinks that Ned lacks the necessary traits of industriousness which he associates with abstinence and self control.[7]
The Women's Christian Temperance Union spread rapidly in the nation and one prominent state chapter was the Minnesota Women's Christian Temperance Union. The Minnesota chapter's origin is rooted in nation's anti-saloon crusades of 1873 and 1874 where women all throughout the United States "joined together outside saloons to pray and harass the customers."[8] In Minnesota there was stiff resistance to this public display and "in Anoka, Minnesota, 'heroic women endured the insults of the saloon-keeper and his wife who poured cold water upon the women from an upper window while they prayed on the sidewalk below. Sometimes beer was thrown on the sidewalk so that they could not kneel there but they prayed.'"[9] As a result Minnesotan women were motivated and "formed local societies, which soon united to become the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1874. Women from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Red Wing, and Owatonna organized their first local W.C.T.U. clubs between 1875 and 1877. The Minnesota W.C.T.U. began in the fall of 1877"[10] From this point the Minnesota W.C.T.U. began to expand throughout the state in both size and interests. Under the leadership of W.C.T.U. president Frances Willard from 1879-1898 the W.C.T.U. adopted "Willard's 'Do Everything' philosophy" This philosophy meant the "W.C.T.U. campaigned for local, state, and national prohibition, woman suffrage, protective purity legislation, scientific temperance instruction in the schools, better working conditions for labor, anti-polygamy laws, Americanization, and a variety of other reforms"[11] despite having the image of a mere gospel temperance organization. The presidential addresses of the W.C.T.U. provides excellent insight as to how the organization seamlessly blended issues of grass-roots organizing, temperance, education, immigration and cultural assimilation
"We must have a regiment of American workers, who will learn the German language, love the German people, work among the German children and young people until we get them to love clear brains better than beer. There must be others who for the love of country and dear humanity will learn the Scandinavian language and be real neighbors to the many people of this nationality who have come to make homes in America. Again others must learn the French and Italian and various dialects, even, that the truths of personal purity and total abstinence be taught to these who dwell among us. We must feel it a duty to teach these people the English language to put them in sympathy with our purposes and our institutions."[12]
For Scovell and the women of the Minnesota W.C.T.U. speaking English and participating in established American institutions were essential to truly become "American" just as abstaining from alcohol was necessary to be virtuous. By linking language to culture and institutions Scovell and the W.C.T.U. recognized that a multicultural approach would be necessary to communicate values to new immigrants, but did not conclude that multiculturalism was a value in itself. The W.C.T.U. viewed the foreign European cultures as corrupters and despoilers of virtue, hence the excessive drinking. That is ultimately why it was paramount the immigrants learned English and assimilated.
In the United States during the [13] This wing of the WCTU therefore was more concerned with how morality played a role during the temperance movement. With that in mind, it sought to save those whom they believed to be of lower moral standing. For them, the alcohol problem was one of moral nature and was not caused by the institutions that facilitated access to alcohol.
The second president of the WCTU, Frances Willard, demonstrated a sharp distinction from Wittenmyer in how she felt the WCTU should be involved in the temperance movement. As president between 1879 and 1898, Willard had a much broader interpretation of the social problems at hand. She believed in "a living wage; in an eight-hour day; in courts of conciliation and arbitration; in justice as opposed to greed in gain; in Peace on Earth and Good-Will to Men."[14] This division illustrated two of the ideologies present in the organization at the time, conservatism and progressivism. As a result, the Eastern Wing of the WCTU supported Wittenmyer and the Western Wing had a tendency to support the more progressive Willard view.
Membership within the WCTU grew greatly every decade until the 1940s.[15] By the 1920s, it was in more than forty countries and had more than 766,000 members paying dues at its peak in 1927.[1]
Classification of WCTU Committee
Percentages total more than 100 percent due to several interests in some committee reports.
In 1874 Willard was elected the new secretary of the WCTU. Five years later, in 1879, she became its president. Willard also started her own organization, called the World's Women Christian Temperance Union, in 1883.[21]
After becoming WCTU president, Willard broadened the views of the group by including woman's rights reforms, abstinence, and education. As its president for 19 years, she focused on moral reform of prostitutes and prison reform as well as woman's suffrage. With the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Willard's predictions that women voters "would come into government and purify it, into politics and cleanse the Stygian pool" could be tested.[22] Frances Willard died in February 1898 at the age of 58 in New York City. A plaque commemorating Willard's election to president of the WCTU in 1879 by Lorado Taft is in the Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana.[23]
Matilda B. Carse became an activist after her son was killed in 1874 by a drunk wagon driver. She joined the Chicago Central Christian Woman's Temperance Union to try to eliminate alcohol consumption. In 1878 she became the president of the Chicago Central Christian Woman's Temperance Union, and in 1880 she helped organize the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, selling the stock to rich women. That same year she also started The Signal; three years later it merged with another newspaper to become The Union Signal.[24]
It became the most important woman's newspaper and soon sold more copies than any other newspaper. During her time as president, Carse founded many charities and managed to raise approximately $60,000,000 a year to support them. She started the Bethesda Day Nursery for working mothers, two kindergarten schools, the Anchorage Mission for erring girls, two dispensaries, two industrial schools, an employment bureau, Sunday schools, and temperance reading rooms.[24]
The World's WCTU (WWCTU) is one of the most prominent examples of internationalism, evidenced by the circulation of the Union Signal around the globe; the International Conventions that were held with the purpose of focusing "world attention on the temperance and women's questions,[1] and the appointment of "round-the-world missionaries." Examples of international Conventions include the one in 1893 scheduled to coincide with the Chicago World's Fair; the London Convention in 1895; the 1897 one in Toronto; and the Glasgow one in 1910. The first six round-the-world missionaries were Mary C. Leavitt, Jessie Ackermann, Alice Palmer, Mary Allen West, Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew and Dr Catherine C. Bushnell.[25]
The ambition, reach and organizational effort involved in the work undertaken by the World's WCTU leave it open to cynical criticism in the 21st century, but there is little doubt that at the end of the 19th century, "they did believe earnestly in the efficacy of women's temperance as a means for uplifting their sex and transforming the hierarchical relations of gender apparent across a wide range of cultures."[1]
The WCTU also formed in women's society in Canada's temperance movement. One notable member was Edith Archibald of Nova Scotia. Famous Canadian feminist Nellie McClung was also involved.
The WCTU reached Australia in the mid-1880s. Weekly temperance conferences were held at the East Melbourne home of [27][28]
In 1891, Jessie Ackermann, the round the world missionary for the American-based World's WCTU, became the inaugural president of the federated Australasian WCTU, Australia's largest women's reform group.[29] They were active in the struggle for the extension of the franchise to women through promoting suffrage societies, collecting signatures for petitions and lobbying members of parliament, see Women's Suffrage petitions in Queensland, for example.
Led by Kate Sheppard from 1887, the New Zealand WCTU was a major force behind the campaign for women's suffrage. This resulted in New Zealand women being granted universal suffrage in 1893.[30] Lily May Atkinson was another significant member.
Over the years different prohibition and suffrage activists had suspected that brewer associations gave money to anti-suffrage activities. In 1919 there was a Senate investigation that confirmed their suspicions. Some members of the United States Brewers Association were openly against the woman's suffrage movement. One member stated, "We have defeated woman's suffrage at three different times."[31]
Although the WCTU was an explicitly religious organization and worked with religious groups in social reform, it protested wine use in religious ceremonies. During an Episcopal convention, it asked the church to stop using wine in its ceremonies and to use unfermented grape juice instead. A WCTU direct resolution explained its reasoning: wine contained "the narcotic poison, alcohol, which cannot truly represent the blood of Christ."[32]
The WCTU also favored banning tobacco. In 1919 the WCTU expressed to Congress its desire for the total abolition of tobacco within five years.[33]
Under Willard, the WCTU supported the White Life for Two program. Under this program, men would reach women's higher moral standing (and thus become woman's equal) by engaging in lust-free, alcohol-free, tobacco-free marriages. At the time, the organization also fought to ban alcohol use on military bases, in Indian reservations, and within Washington's institutions.[34] Ultimately, Willard succeeded in increasing the political clout of the organization because, unlike Annie Wittenmyer, she strongly believed that the success of the organization would only be achieved through the increased politicization of its platform.
The Woman's Temperance Publishing Association was started in Indianapolis by Wallace but thought up by Matilda B. Carse. They thought there was a need for a weekly temperance paper for women of color. The creators wanted the first board of directors to be seven women who had the same vision as Carse.[35]
The WCTU remains an internationally active organization.[36] In American culture, although "temperance norms have lost a great deal of their power"[37] and there are far fewer dry communities today than before Prohibition in the USA, there is a WCTU in almost every state in that country and in 36 other countries around the world.[38]
Requirements for joining the WCTU include paying membership dues and signing a North America's number one drug problem, as well as illegal drugs, abortion[40] and gay marriage.[41] The WCTU has warned against the dangers of tobacco since 1875. They continue to this day in their fight against those substances they see as harmful to society. The WCTU strongly supports banning same-sex marriage, which it sees as a negative influence on families.
The WCTU continues to publish a quarterly journal entitled The Union Signal whose main focus is current research and information on drugs.[42] Other national organizations also continue to publish.[43]
The WCTU also attempts to encourage young people to avoid substance abuse through participation in three age-divided suborganizations: White Ribbon Recruits for pre-schoolers, the Loyal Temperance Legion (LTL) for elementary school children, and the Youth Temperance Council (YTC) for teenagers.
The White Ribbon Recruits are mothers who will publicly declare their dedication to keeping their babies drug free. To do this, they participate in the White Ribbon Ceremony, but their children must be under six years of age. The mother pledges "I promise to teach my child the principles of total abstinence and purity", and the child gets a white ribbon tied to its wrist.
The LTL, Loyal Temperance Legion, is another temperance group aimed at children. It is for children aged six to twelve who are willing to pay dues annually to the LTL. Its motto is "That I may give my best service to home and country, I promise, God helping me, Not to buy, drink, sell, or give Alcoholic liquors while I live. From other drugs and tobacco I'll abstain, And never take God's name in vain."
The Youth Temperance Council is the final type of group meant for youths and is aimed at teenagers. Its pledge is "I promise, by the help of God, never to use alcoholic beverages, other narcotics, or tobacco, and to encourage everyone else to do the same, fulfilling the command, 'keep thyself pure'."[44]
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